Syrian rebels in the northern province of Aleppo on Monday threatened to seize two Shi'ite Muslim villages that back President Bashar al-Assad unless they surrendered to the opposition. Activists say both Nubl and Zahra villages had been reinforced by Assad's allies in the...

Human Rights Watch has dismissed reports that three Franciscan friars were beheaded in Syria in a graphic video that emerged on YouTube this week. The findings by HRW back claims that the footage was used for propaganda by Bashar al-Assad's regime.  According to an in-depth...

Some 2,500 civilians are trapped in the Syrian town of Homs, the scene of heavy fighting, the spokesman for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement on Tuesday according to Reuters. Ban called on the warring sides to do their utmost to avoid civilian casualties. He was...

In an attempt to beat Western sanctions and halt the fall in the Syrian pound, the Assad regime – with the help of Iran, Russia, and China –  has begun conducting all of its business in rials, roubles, and renminbi.  This decision supplements other existing arrangements between Syria...

    Islamist rebels in Syria's northern city of Aleppo issued an order on Monday banning women from dressing in what it considered provocative styles, angering some locals who accuse the group of overstepping its powers.   The Islamic law council of Aleppo's...

  National Coalition accused the Assad regime by targeting the state institutions in the city of Homs, particularly the Land Registry building in Homs.   The coalition considered In a statement, that such actions came alongside with regime's attempts to change the...

Intelligence provided by China was utilized by Syria’s air force to bomb a Western weapons shipment on its way to arm the Syrian rebels, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials. WND website reported. The officials said the air strike was carried out Saturday just as the...

A senior U.S. official denounced Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war Monday and accused the Shiite militant group of putting the interests of Iran and Syria above those of the Lebanese people. Underscoring growing sectarian bitterness, mainly Sunni rebels vowed to "liberate" two...

 Egypt's powerful armed forces gave Islamist President Mohamed Mursi a virtual ultimatum on Monday to share power, urging the nation's feuding politicians to agree on an inclusive roadmap for the country's future within 48 hours. A dramatic military statement broadcast on state...

 Iraqi, Jordanian, and Turkish border guards are pushing back tens of thousands of people trying to flee  Syria .  Iraq ,  Jordan , and Turkey  have either closed numerous border crossings entirely or allowed only limited numbers of Syrians to cross, leaving tens of...

The war on the besieged city is fateful,  Head of Homs Local council said  in a message delivered to the national Council and to the Chiefs of Staff ; losing the city will be big loss to the revolution and to the opposition, losing the war will be unbearable tough loss, he...

Social media circulated 'graffiti' photos from Homs by the well-knows FaceBook page "lens of young Homsi". Weam, artist and media activist, with Kurdish roots tried with to send a message that owners of these demolished buildings are still here and who left we come back very...

 National coalition pleas International leader on Homs, Activists warn of hit by chemical weapons . Assad's forces launched a major offensive in the last two days against rebels in Homs, a centre of the two-year-old uprising, in their latest drive to secure an axis connecting...

 Chinese state media blamed Syrian government and opposition forces on Monday, in unusually specific finger pointing, for training Muslim extremists responsible for the deadliest unrest in four years in China's far-western region of Xinjiang. China  has traditionally blamed...

Hundreds  of interviews have been conducted with  of torturing victims by Assad's Armed Troops, all of them have expressed methods of unified and systematic torturing methods in all of the Syrian Governorates which led to kill 2630 citizen under torture. Human Rights Network...

  Islamic groups restrict freedom of speech in Liberated areas, Journalist being arrested for a comment. One of Shariah's Courts in the western Rural, north Aleppo, has ordered to arrest Media activist "Abdullah Marei" over his criticism to a leader in Islamic group who dominated...

  ' Maram' Organization for Relief and Development establish handcrafts center for clothing and textiles, where the Syrian woman who lives in the camp of olive trees near Atmeh on the Syrian border - Turkish, can be more actively involved in the field of weaving textiles and...

National Coalition faces 3 choices over Homs assault, collective resignation, creates new political body, no Geneva2.   The National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces urged the International community for an urgent act in Homs. The main stream opposition body...

20 neighborhoods in Homs still under the regime shelling since yesterday, activists reported. Najati Tayyara, prominent dissident figure set off alarm bells, saying people of the besieged city fear the chemical weapons, according to Eqtsad newspapers.  ''To the second day the...

  Syrian army air strikes in the central city of Homs on Sunday killed three civilians, as regime forces pressed forward with a new bid to to retake several rebel-controlled districts, activists said.   "Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes on the Old City of Homs a...